In the series the following parts have been published Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Add arguments and variables Part 3: Use more complex arguments Part 4: Create your own activity Part 5: Increase AssemblyVersion Part 6: Use custom type for an argument Part 7: How is the custom assembl... [More]

The architecture of TFS 2010 is changed, and the shipped products are now aware of this new architecture. So you need an update for these products to be able to connect to TFS. Visual Studio 2008 You need to install the Forward Compatibility Update for Visual Studio 2008. Before you can apply this... [More]

In the series the following parts have been published Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Add arguments and variables Part 3: Use more complex arguments Part 4: Create your own activity Part 5: Increase AssemblyVersion Part 6: Use custom type for an argument Part 7: How is the custom assembl... [More]

After the upgrade from TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 the reporting was not working anymore. I got the following error message in the eventlog and the GetProcessingStatus webservice (you can find it when you open http://localhost:8080/tfs/TeamFoundation/Administration/v3.0/WarehouseControlService.asmx on your... [More]

After upgrading the TFS server and the build server, everything seemed fine until I fired the first upgraded build. When you upgrade a build, you use the UpgradeTemplate, which basically has only one activity which is to fire off the MSBuild with the TFSBuild.proj you used also in TFS 2008. When I ... [More]

In the series the following parts have been published Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Add arguments and variables Part 3: Use more complex arguments Part 4: Create your own activity Part 5: Increase AssemblyVersion Part 6: Use custom type for an argument Part 7: How is the custom assembl... [More]

When you install TFS 2010 on a Windows Server 2003, with Visual Studio 2008 installed, you might get regularly an exception that shows you a window to open Visual Studio to start debugging. This is a known issue and solved with the following support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2023204 ... [More]

When I installed a brand new TFS 2010 instance, I was encountered with the following error message    [ Reporting ] TF255455: SQL Server Reporting Services is configured to require a secure connection. However, no HTTPS URL is configured with a valid certificate. Use the Reporting Service... [More]

In the series the following parts have been published Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Add arguments and variables Part 3: Use more complex arguments Part 4: Create your own activity Part 5: Increase AssemblyVersion Part 6: Use custom type for an argument Part 7: How is the custom assembl... [More]

Someone asked me if I could help him because he made a mess of the work items. He published old data from Excel to TFS, so all the updates of his team mates where gone with one click. There is a nice and very under-appreciated feature in the work item queries to get the values of the work items at ... [More]

Someone asked me if I could help him because he made a mess of the work items. He published old data from Excel to TFS, so all the updates of his team mates where gone with one click. There is a nice and very under-appreciated feature in the work item queries to get the values of the work items at ... [More]

Since the beginning of Team Foundation Server, Team Build was part of the environment. In TFS 2010 the ability to perform CodedUI tests is introduced, as well as the Data Collectors Intellitrace and Test Impact. These data collectors don’t work for an ASP.NET application when the web application is ... [More]